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Re: [xmca] Thinking like an octopus

Neat Michiel!

Could that discussion be related the following by Clifford Geertz:

"the elements of culture are not like a pile of sand and not like a spider's
web (cf marx and weber). Its more like an OCTOPUS, a rather badly integrated
creature -- what passes
for a brain keeps it together, more or less, in an one ungainly whole."

mike


On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Eijck, M.W. van <m.w.v.eijck@tue.nl>wrote:

> This is an intriguing piece people here may like to read:
>
> http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/10/thinking-like-an-octopus
>
> Especially intriguing is the idea of mind as a "unifying tool.” What do you
> think?
>
> Happy reading.
>
> Michiel
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